US Patent Issued to Ricoh on Sept. 22 for "Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating the sheet processing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,457, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating the sheet processing apparatus" was invented by Satoshi Kuno (Tokyo), Ryohsuke Akaishi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasunobu Kidoura (Kanagawa, Japan), Hirofumi Horita (Kanagawa, Japan) and Naohiro Yoshida (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance passage, a sheet separation device, and a conveyance roller pair. The conveyance passage conveys a two-ply sheet having two sheets overlapped and bonded together in a conveyance direction and includes a first bran...